I noticed the other day that when it comes to talking about prayer, I don't have too much enthusiasm. Many christians out there will read something like that and their internal spiritual-radar/back-sliding-alarm will go off in their head, but I'm just being honest. Don't get me wrong, I do pray and have had many blessed times of prayer with God - but there have definitely been other times where I felt as though I was just going through the motions and pray-reading through a shopping list of prayer requests.
So last night we had an audio-sermon (by that I mean someone reading out something written by John Bunyan back in the day), though I found it hard to focus with a weary mind, I thought the definition of prayer was quite good.
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit, for such things as God hath promised or according to the Word, for the good of the Church, with submission, in faith, to the will of God.
That pretty much covers it all huh?
So last night we had an audio-sermon (by that I mean someone reading out something written by John Bunyan back in the day), though I found it hard to focus with a weary mind, I thought the definition of prayer was quite good.
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit, for such things as God hath promised or according to the Word, for the good of the Church, with submission, in faith, to the will of God.
That pretty much covers it all huh?
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